chapter1...Sala
The suns rays poor through the open window of the small hut,A girl sat up on her bed and rose her arm to sheild the rays of early dawn from her eyes.She groaned loudly and pushed herself off the bed her long tunic falling to her knees,she rubbed the sleep from her eyes and went to the large bowl with fresh water to wash her face,she splashed the ice cold water on her face and shivered slightly.she grabbed the small towel near the bowl and dried her face,she looked at the bare room only a bed,nightstand,and a small dresser.she did not have many items of clothing,all she had was due to the kindness of peole in Therinsford.she quickly pulled out her working outfit that consisted of loose brown pants,sturdy leather boots,a white 3/4 sleeve shirt with a tan leather vest.She grabbed her bow and quiver of arrows,each arrow had a small pawprint insignias carved in them so they were easily recognized as hers,she placed a small skinning knife in her boot, 'I'll have to hunt today.maybe there will be some deer I could possibly take down...' she thought,heaving a heavy,groggy,sigh she padded through the small den and out the door.
The girl stepped into the light of the sun letting it warm her lightly tanned complexion, Her dark brown hair swayed in the lazy morning breeze,She opened shining shapphire eyes,she was fifteen slowly approaching sixteen.She straightened her shoulders and walked towards a large farm gate,she entered closing the gate securely behind her,the Careith family had been so kind to her ever since she stumbled into Therinsford,with massive bleeding from her shoulder,apparently to them she had a large laceration coming from her left side to her left shoulder.
She walked to the large Oak door and was greeted by Mr.Careith,"Hello Sir I will get right to work."She mummured bowing her head"Sala how many times have I told you to call me Kenneth?anyways you may take today off we have all the help we need today,We are just getting a room ready for a philospher's apprentice,who will be studying the landscape for inspiration."Mr.Careith said patting Sala on the head.She looked up at the tall,muscular man,with the soft mahogony eyes,His dark hair sticking out in tufts,"Are you ...sure because it is the least I can do for your kindness and hospitality of your family."She said not quiet comprehending what he was saying"I'm sure,Emma and Jarik send their best to you.Now go and do what you have to,I have a job for you bright and early."Kenneth said walking back into his house,snickering at Sala's surprised face.She blinked and then smiled slightly"Thank you..."she said under her breathe.
Sala trekked her way through the outskirts of large mountain range called The Spine,She had found some one day old deer tracks She crouched down examinig the gored earth made by deer hooves.She had a strange sense of 'Dae Ju Vu' like she had done this before except it was for larger prey,and she was the prey being stalked by a predator.When she came to Therinsford,she couldn't remember anything of her past.She stood and quietly padded to a heavily forested area with a lake and towering trees and small shubbery,There on the bank of the lake she saw group of Bucks and Does.She crouched quickly behind a bush,The bucks sniffed curiously then went back to grazing She felt sympathy for the Deer,but she reminded herself of the circle of life.She readied an arrow on the taut bow,she drew the string aligning it perfectly with the Bucks heart she closed her eyes and whispered a sorry and released an arrow,it sliced through air and there was thump of a body hitting the ground,and the scattering of the remaining deer,she opened her clenched eyes,her arms still in releasing posistion.She stood and walked around the bank to the body of a large of a broad buck.She sighed and removed the arrow and closed the eye of the deer.
She unseathed her knife and skinned the buck setting the hide a side to dry.she seperated the organs and muscle she then found a large shovel like branch she dug a ditch and buried the organs and the skeleton,she took out the waxy paper and wrapped the meat that was edible,she went to the bush and retrived a medium sized pack she placed the meat in the pack and grabbed a small leather pouch that tied around her neck she felt the sun beating down on her through the clearing right in the middle where the deep lake was.She stashed her pack in a cool area and walked to lakes edge she washed her hands and knife,then she peeled off her boots,bow and arrows and also placed them with her pack she placed the knife in her pocket and without hesistating she jumped into the lake.
She opened her eyes in the fresh water letting it's cool grasp enfold her she came back in a shower of water,she took another deep breathe and dove deeper this time,she caught a glimmer of silver out of the corner of her eye,she turned around in the water and saw something shimmering in a deep crevasse,she decided to investigate.she came up for air then with a massive gulp of air she dove once more she she swam towards the crevasse,she floated there for a few seconds then she swam towards she thought the oval like stone was a massive pearl,she reached for the pearl she grasped it she held the pearl to her heart,she felt a strange warmth,She held the Pearl and swam to the surface she pushed herself out of the water and slid the massive pearl into her pack she quickly jumped back into the lake she was about to dive again but then there was a disturbance on the other side of the lake she swam quickly to the farthest side of the lake and went completely still.
The Bushes thrashed violently,and young man with slicked back black hair"Come on guys can't we talk this out I mean Wha-"He was cut off by a gruff voice "No hand over the manuscripts."Said a rough thug-like man followed by two lackeys,with longswords"Never these manuscripts are from Master Cadrin himself I will not,He entursted me to get these to Therinsford,I shall not let you have them."The Younger man said sternly,hodling a pack tightly behind his back."Oh that's to bad we where hoping to deal with a scholar that wasn't a valor."The gruff man said jerking his head at the young man,the two swordsman stepped forward and poised their swords at the man who stepped back and felt his foot hit the water.Unbeounced to them Sala had inched towards the bushes and and grabbed her arrows and bow and readied an arrow.The swordman slashed at him,but the young man ducked and avoiding the blows,the rough came from behind him and slammed forearm on the back of the young mans neck making him fall,he accidently let go of the pack with the scrolls inside,They small group snickered and scooped up the pack as the young man pushed himself up glaring at the group"Give those back!!!!"The young man shouted as he lunged,one of the swords man,pulled out a lenghth of rope they bound and gagged the struggling man,"What shall we do with him now?"asked the one who tied him up"Let's throw him in lake."The obvious leader said,the young man's eyes widened and he trashed more violently"To bad boy,this could've all been avoided if you just gave us these scrolls."The man said holding up the pack,a twang was heard and an arrow shot forward and pinned the pack to a tree far away from them,the thugs looked around wildly picking up the young man who was still struggling yelling muffled crys for help"Let him go!!"Sala called twenty feet away from them,her face expressionless they whipped around the burly man holding the young man effortlessly,as he faced his savior his eyes widened,he looked at th girl her hair sticking to her face and skin her clothes dripping with water and an arrow poised to be released.
"Put him down or the next one will be between your eyes,"Sala said darkly"I might just let you live if you,leave peacefully.",the young man blinked his eyes in shock,the leader smirked and stepped back "Sure I'll put him down," with one quick movement he threw the young man in the lake and his gang and him ran out of sight not bothering to grab the scrolls she was going to release her arrow but she heard the man hit the water and she knew he couldn't do anything with his legs and wrist bound,she dropped her arrows and her bow,and rushed to lake and jumped in.
He hit the water with a loud slap,the water was cold it took his breathe away,he struggled against his bindings,they wouldn't break water filled his mouth through the cloth.He opened his eyes and saw the surface of the lake fading he also saw something swimming towards him.the person grabbed his ropes and cut them.Soon he felt himself being dragged to the surface.When their heads broke the surface,He went into a coughing fit,He took shaky breathes he didn't even feel when the person half dragged him up on to the lake's edge."Are...you alright?..."Sala asked shakily.He tensed and looked at the girl,"Y-yes..."He said,she sat down with a wet plop next to him,letting the air fill her lungs in and out all of a sudden the man hunched over and was sick.she patted his back lightly,his vision dimmed and he blacked out falling on her lap.
She blushed,and blinked at the man blacked out on her lap,she wriggled out from underneath him and settled him on the bank while she retreived his and her bag along with her arrows and bow,she couldn't carry him and both packs all at the same time,that's when she decided to put the packs in the hollow of a tree,then she slung the arrows and bow on ger back taking in the entire area she memorized everything about the area she lifted the man slightly slinging his arm over her shoulders she stood from her crouched posistion,by the posistion of the sun she had five hours of sunlight,she trekked through the outskirts of the Spine slowly making it back to Therinsford,some people asked her what happened she called to them that she would tell them later,she kicked open the door to her house huffing for air,she placed him in her bed taking his wet clothes,she paid no mind to his body and quickly pulled out a large tunic and some loose pants placed them on him,she released a breathe she had been holding ever since her rush of adrenaline,she felt tired but she knew she had to get the packs heaving a sigh she pushed herself up and left telling Jarik Careith to watch her hut until she got back.Sala had memorized the trail she made it back quickly retreiving both packs,by the time she got back to her hut it was twilight.She shed her wet clothes and grabbed her night tunic and ran a brush through her hair.Sala knew her job wasn't over until the man woke up.Her stomach growled,she cooked some deer meat and some bread Jarik left her,Now all she could do is wait.